{"id":24645,"date":"2019-05-18T23:13:03","date_gmt":"2019-05-19T06:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/?p=24645"},"modified":"2021-01-07T20:30:04","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T03:30:04","slug":"year-8-week-30-day-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/2019\/05\/18\/year-8-week-30-day-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Year 8 &#8211; Week 30 &#8211; Day 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I thought it would just be a normal day to take the boys to the science center with their friend Graham, but we happened to go on a day that they were doing this huge STEM\/Maker fair. They had all different tables set up with crafts and science games that the kids could get their hands on.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930bt02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930bt02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1125\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930bt02.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930bt02-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930bt02-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930bt02-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930bt02-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930bt01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930bt01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1125\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930bt01.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930bt01-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930bt01-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930bt01-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930bt01-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brendan got to turn his art in to his own laminated button pin<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930b01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930b01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1125\" height=\"1500\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930b01.jpg 1125w, https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930b01-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930b01-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1125px) 100vw, 1125px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930b02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930b02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930b02.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930b02-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930b02-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930b02-768x1152.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We spent a LOT of time making aircraft to fly in this big wind tunnel<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930t01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930t01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1125\" height=\"1500\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930t01.jpg 1125w, https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930t01-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930t01-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1125px) 100vw, 1125px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930b03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930b03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1125\" height=\"1500\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930b03.jpg 1125w, https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930b03-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930b03-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1125px) 100vw, 1125px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There were stations to build with Kinex<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930bt03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930bt03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1125\" height=\"1500\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930bt03.jpg 1125w, https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930bt03-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930bt03-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1125px) 100vw, 1125px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And a Lego machine where you could battle your friend<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930bt04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930bt04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1125\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930bt04.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930bt04-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930bt04-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930bt04-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930bt04-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There was a station with real clay where the kids could add their work to a large community piece of art<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930b04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930b04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1125\" height=\"1500\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930b04.jpg 1125w, https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930b04-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930b04-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1125px) 100vw, 1125px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This giant knitting loom was called &#8220;A-Loom-a-Knotty&#8221;. It was actually a really cool contraption that could be adjusted for many different kinds of knitting projects.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930b05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930b05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1125\" height=\"1500\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930b05.jpg 1125w, https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930b05-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930b05-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1125px) 100vw, 1125px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The science center had recently hosted a sandcastle\/sand sculpting competition. They piled up all of the leftover sand into a beach play area for the kids.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930bt05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930bt05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1125\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930bt05.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930bt05-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930bt05-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930bt05-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930bt05-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We only spent a little time in the rest of the regular museum. These chairs are popular.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930b06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930b06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1125\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930b06.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930b06-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930b06-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930b06-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930b06-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The noodle forest is a toddler parent&#8217;s worst nightmare. There are many ways to get out of this area.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/93001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/93001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1125\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/93001.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/93001-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/93001-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/93001-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/93001-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brendan is getting a little big for the pickle car<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930b07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930b07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1125\" height=\"1500\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930b07.jpg 1125w, https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930b07-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930b07-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1125px) 100vw, 1125px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All of the boys piled on one poor trike.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930bt07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930bt07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1125\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930bt07.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930bt07-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930bt07-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930bt07-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930bt07-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is a brand new Mod Pizza less than a mile from our house so we had to try it. Kind of pricey but a cool place to go. It is like Subway but for pizza.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930bt06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930bt06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1125\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930bt06.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930bt06-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930bt06-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930bt06-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/930bt06-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I thought it would just be a normal day to take the boys to the science center with their friend Graham, but we happened to go on a day that they were doing this huge STEM\/Maker fair. They had all &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/2019\/05\/18\/year-8-week-30-day-3\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24645"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24750,"href":"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24645\/revisions\/24750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}